Hillsboro recorder., 1887-12-08
AROUND THE WORLD.
tC0NDESsED FACTS CLEANED
FROM MANY SOURCES.
rhe secihlnE Iuropran ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Tronbles- Fires, Accidents, snIeides.
etc., " lsf, West n d North.

rhe secihing European Canldron- -IreIandss
Tronbies-F Fires, Accidents, snieides.
etc, Elsf. West n. North.
Mr.. Gladstone the Grand Old Man Of
ENGLAND Is to visit this country in April.
William o'Brien, a well.known ira.
pese performer Of Buffalo, N. Y, who
was injured by q fall, died recently.
The Chicago board OF trade indorsed
memorial from Tampa, Fla, asking
Alongrcss 70 appropriate 500, 900 for i'm
fFpvcniept of the harbor there.
No trains from the East have reached
Pueblo, Colorado over the Santa Fe road
sor week. The trains are blocked by
heavy snow drifts near Dodge City, Kan:
SiF and they are not expected 10 for sevs
rrai days.
Thomas Potter, an American, and an
amateur athlete, died in Paris, France,
af pistol shot wounds received la duel
with George Cormoaa. The duel grew
ust q an insult offered by Comona in
speaking Of lady. Potter was 20 years
\. B Shipley, Of Faribault, Minn., was
tunnd by his clerk in the cellar under his
RESTAURANT, With bullet hole In his head,
dead. II Is supposed that he committed
suicide while temporarily insane. lie
SSs elected city treasurer at the last
election, and was q prominent citizen.
4 abcria's jury in New York assessed
Ismsges amounting to So, 1874, 500 against
Ssizm'n Blanco, president.of Venezuela,
10 = suit brought by George Wilson, in
consequence Of the rcycrtaion Of lease
-af 7,geO,000 acres Of land III Venezuela.
eIudgnent for the amount named was
Nn,ercd.
A Fort Smith, Ark, special says that
ihc stage running between Altus aud
Paris, Ark, about forty miles east Of
ihcrN was stopped by masked highway
hlan, WHO proved TO be j. II. Font. De-,
icctiyc Hamilton, WHO was IN the coach,
'ssnged to draw his pistol in getting out
Of the vehicle under order from robbcr,
Sud thereby took Font completely by
surxise, and made him lts prisoner.
Matthew Grant. a wealihycolored resi-.
dent ~ Ncnia. Ohio, has decided his
llropolty, valued nj 10000, TO Wilbcr.
force University. That institution il the
pioneer vi It's class aud is the leading
celored college. Il has frequently been
The recipient OF donations OF thousand
,l0llars and upwards. President Mitchell
says, 80 far as he knows, the greatest
amount ever given before for ms like pur.
pose was s5.tcO.
LItia, the welI-known actress, was
sued In hostnn, Mass, for $50, 900 dam.
ages b. AbrAm Samnels, a commercial
traveller for n pspcr concern IN Cinein.
nati. Ohio. SdInuels chartered aearfiagt
TO carry him from his hotel to the depot.
The horse, which was laEe and unfit for
work. caught the eye Of Miss Iotta. who
seized I'm h idle and detained the animal
until m officer arrived and ordered il ia
ken back 10 the stable. Owing to these
proceedings Samuels lost bis train.
The Cooper Union hall, in New York,
was filed 20 oyerfowing with people
who sympathized with tho Chicago m.
archists who were bangci. Il was in
anarchists meeting through aud through.
There were red rlbbons and feathers on
the women, red ncckNes aud hat bands
on men; there was red aud black flag
back Of the stare, and portrHits Of the
hanged anarchists were draped in black
Hnd displayed. The police were present
10 force but TIE meeting was not inter.
ruptcd,s
The well-known firm Of Brown, Wood
" KIngman. dry goods commission mcr-
chants, Of New York, Boston. PhilRdel.
phia and Chicago. have gone into liqui
daiion. The firm was one Of the leading
oIi1s in this country, doing q business Of
from sl2, 600, 900 % Sil. 0OO, 900 year,
controlling many large mills, and sup.
posed " have large capital for their
trade. William l.. Brown says the firm
Is perfectly solvent, aud will have large
surplus when the business is wound up.
There was great crash on the Penn.
sylyania riilrnad. Camden bmEch. near
Highstown. n. ]. Passenger train No.
30i bonni for New York, ran into cod
train near Old Bridge, making both
trains complete wreck. Engineer Jo-
seph II. smith. ~ the passenger train,
was cruslled IN his cab. Charles Hunt,
baggage uastcr Of the passenger train,
was also dangerously injured. A mum.
Der OF passengers were badly hur'. but
fortunately 60 ono was killed.
A school In tile viIlagc Of wtrchobis.
trlizkiui, llus.ia, wis destroyed Nv hre.
a large number of girls were Sc piugon
The upper ilooTs WHEN tnc tire hroke out.
Twenty.0 at of them escaped by jump.
ing lroni The windows. hut sixteen others
Who wcit atmid % jump were burned TO
h"a,h. l'agn liiIsch's offer Of &C, ,000..
Ivy ior the benefit III Jews in Europe Was
,nade y . lcsttr y the saar, his object
being the founding Of a primary school
IN Russia. Tho car has accepted The
oher, and the noney has been deposited
IN the bank Of England.